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[Seraphi]

But the theorys of strange matter actually make sense. It's assumed to be a real thing.

[Retech]

Then we should have random events where each term the probability of being destroyed by strange matter you produce iis k/1,000 kg where k is the amount of strange matter you make.

[RpgGamer]

But the theorys of strange matter actually make sense. It's assumed to be a real thing.

 

 

This isn't the Hegemony I once fell in love with...

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The Earth is the Cradle of the Mind...But one cannot eternally live in a Cradle.

[The Dark Lord]

But the theorys of strange matter actually make sense. It's assumed to be a real thing.

 

 

This isn't the Hegemony I once fell in love with...

I agree. What happened to the Earth days?

 

Remember the Dyson bubble being built around Sirius? Yeah.

 

I personally blame this on the popular vote for a space thread and the people converting their nations into aliens.

[The Dark Lord]

Well, it was inevitable that we would start building battle stations in space and stuff of that nature so long as we didn't have any treaties that prevented that.

 

I had an idea for some new threads if anybody was interested, and I can write them up. Basically they're alternate-history threads. However, no matter what we do, we won't have the same turnout as the Hegemony so long as the thread is only allowed to be in Falador Tavern/Library. Eventually, this subforum will become like the rest of the Falador Library, which is a fear that we had since day 1.

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Its really something you are going to have to complain about to the off-topic mods and the admin.

[Wisp]

But the theorys of strange matter actually make sense. It's assumed to be a real thing.

 

 

This isn't the Hegemony I once fell in love with...

I agree. What happened to the Earth days?

 

Remember the Dyson bubble being built around Sirius? Yeah.

 

I personally blame this on the popular vote for a space thread and the people converting their nations into aliens.

I blame it on Page 2 of the original thread where Doom and Norway begin their space programs (I think) -.-

I blame everyone else for going crazy about that and then wanting faster than light travel, and then allowing people to instamove off earth.

[Guest Mrmegakirby]

I actually took about 30 years moving all of my people off earth .-.-

 

Is there anyway we could restart the earth hegemony, while we keep this one going?

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It would be complicated to do, since Hegemony is sooooo time consuming. Also it would be difficult because we only have a few people, so the number of countries is limited to 8 or so....

[RpgGamer]

*looks back at non-rhetorical suggestion just a few pages back*

 

Thank you for succesfully repeating what I just said. We need the original Hegemony back. In the Offtopc, and then no get headstrong with complications, huge numbers and stupid fast research.

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We are all just repeating what each other said. Hegemony is too complicated and most people want to make it simpler but don't know how.

Kingdoms and Nation Creation failed and Alpha Centuri is still 47 days away. Resetting Hegemony is possible but complicated, much more so than than carrying on. So realistically we don't have any choices.

[RpgGamer]

Starting hegemony over isn't that complicated. We just have to cope with the fact that we will lose everything that we've been doing since this version of it. For some of us, thats quite a lot. Honestly, I consider all of the people playing right now winners. We'vve stuck it out. We're still posting, and still playing. Dozens have picked it up and dropped out, but we stuck with it. We won. Now it's time for round 2 (or three, if you're going by thread)

[archimage_a]

Yes....But the is the complicated notion of starting again and getting interested again. Effectively we would need a month or so off of Hegemony before we could start again, just to let our minds reset.

I mean if you were Dusty what would be the point of starting again when you have already won? Kind of like going up to the President of the United States and saying 'Now I know you have done pretty well but the world is a bit boring right now so would you mind, you know, going back to being 13 colonies rented out by Britain?'

 

But we could if people wanted to. I don't mind because it would give me a chance to actually play!

[The Dark Lord]

If we start over, I'd like to pick the United States as my country.

 

And for some reason I actually enjoy posting updates with some story attached to it, even if no one reads it. Hmm.

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I think we should do an alternative history if we start over.

[Grim_]

I dont think we should start over as this is currently just a short lull in my humble opinion.

[RpgGamer]

Isn't the whole thing an alternate history in itself? I mean, its well past the year 2100, and I guratentee none of the stuff we did will happen. Even going back to 2009, some of the alliances and trade agreements simply wouldn't happen. That's not really history, but it's the threads history.

 

What did you have in mind? Like having the Nazis win?

[The Dark Lord]

I think we should do an alternative history if we start over.

 

That's an idea I had. For example, the outcome of WWII could have been different, and France, Italy, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, etc. could be part of the German Empire. Or the British Empire could be still intact, rather than being dismembered.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv9fFCpusQc&feature=related

 

It would be awesome if we could play as major world powers, and each major power could be ruled by multiple players. For example, in the alternate universe, a person could be part of the British Empire, but they rule a colony or whatever.

[RpgGamer]

I do believe that I ninja'd you

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I was thinking, either, First World War hadn't happened and the Imperial Empires were still kicking around. OR:

[hide]1989 March 15th- Invitations are sent to all current NATO countries leaders, and the French leader, to come to the 40th Anniversary of its founding.

 

1989 April 4th- NATO has its 40th anniversary.

 

1989 April 5th- America receives a tip off that China is about to attack, with Nuclear Weapons. NATO, having only just had a collective meeting instantly implement procedures, calling together all military staff for a briefing. All public relations are called off, families are secured at Phoenix centres.

 

1989 April 10th- A wave of illness sweeps the attendants of the anniversary, early test results point towards poisoning.

 

1989 April 11th- The entire staff and their families are suffering from the mystery illness. The public is not informed so as not to alarm the public.

 

Further analysis shows that they were suffering from a highly advanced form of HIV, but reliant on bacteria rather than virus. This was initially taken as good news, it appeared treatable, however the bacterium was unnaturally aggressive, actually speeding up when the immune system attacked it.

 

1989 April 12th- The staff at the Phoenix centres and medical facilities begin to show symptoms. Over five thousand people were infected world wide by now. All were under quarantine, if one person was to slip though the net then the results could be catastrophic. Investigations point to the NATO anniversary as the cause of the out break.

 

1989 April 13th- Everyone, with the exception of Margret Thatcher(UK), from the anniversary is dead. Thatcher hangs on the edge. Panic ensues at the Phoenix centres, in Texas, where everyone has now been moved. The most senior, non-infected, military officer, an American Rear Admiral, orders the facilities to be destroyed before any trace can escape. Neutron Weapons should have been selected but were not. Two 20 Mega Tonnes bombs were delivered to each facility. The devices were exploded inside the facility, each time the delivery crews were trapped inside as well.

 

1989 April 20th- Conspiracy fanatics accurately guess what has happened, however since none of the leaders have been officially declared dead yet they have little impact on the world.

 

1989 April 22nd- A NATO plane is crashed in the Atlantic. Officially the NATO leader had been at a disarmament conference in Iceland, they were flying back to the UN when their plane suffered systems failure and crashed. It is officially declared an accident.

 

1989 April 28th- NATO is given control of all constituent countries, there is uproar in many cities. The idea was suggested by the same Rear Admiral, now head of NATO.

 

1989 April 30th- Gorbachev is assassinated. His reform polices are however unstoppable. The new Red Leader is secretive, quickly using the Red Army to put down uprisings across the USSR.

 

1989 May 3rd- The Red Army meets with resistance it cannot overthrow for the first time. The resistance fighters call themselves the Whites and call on NATO for aid. NATO responds, sending thousands of troops to Berlin, destroying the wall and liberating the city. The USSR responds by destroying an American satellite. The effect only provokes the young Rear Admiral who has gone mad with power, all out war is declared. The Federal Republics of Germany is the first to object to the measure. Street fighting prompts the Red Leader not to attack.

 

1989 May 4th- Most nations pull out of NATO, most going back to the system they had been with. The Mir space station is shot down by American Nuclear Missiles. America has pulled out of NATO but the authorisation codes have yet to be changed. Chaos has overtaken the Red Army, but the loss of NATO support makes the Whites more weary, slowing their unstoppable liberation.

 

1989 May 5th- The UN holds a session to impeach the Rear Admiral. The UN agree almost unanimously. He is quickly seized and convicted of crimes against humanity.

 

1989 October 19th- The Red Leader is captured, the USSR is put into the hands of the Whites and begins a rapid reform program, hoping to collapse itself by the end of 1990. Many western powers are sceptical about the whole thing.

(Bit of indepth stuff)

 

 

 

1989- The Small War takes place. Records are inexact on what actually happened, though this has been seen as the break down of Real-Politick, in favour of a nationalist/ideological stance. This is compounded by later events and, although there is mild resurgence of real-politicks at times, the comfortable assurances of the Cold War years were left behind.

1990- USSR collapses.

1991- British politics take a turn for the Left after massive corruption is found in most Finance industries. Conservative party polls 3%.

1991- With 89% support the British PSP (Peoples Socialist Party) promises change.

1993- Britain leaves the Commonwealth, NATO and the European Union.

1994- British industries go into widespread decline.

1995- The PSP hold a general election. 58% support the PSP but the TU (Workers Union or Triple U) polls 41%. Another election is scheduled for 1996.

1995- Britain embarks on a massive space program, Industries pick back up, to such an extent in fact that the Economy is abandoned, in its place communes are set up around post offices.

1995- Britains action tips the balance in the delicate global economy and markets crash on an order of Two Hundred Trillion US Dollars over two years. Wide spread political change occurs.

1995- America declares Americanity state religion. The President of the USA becomes leader of the Religion. A slow process of rounding up religious deviants is started.

1995- Russia goes though a period of relative calm as government collapses, in its place a series of hark-backs occur but Democracy is maintained.

1995- Europe collapses in to disarray with no party gaining a majority, the situation is not helped by emergency acts by individual councils and governments that involve seizing goods.

1995- China is unaffected by the change, having isolated itself the moment a problem was sensed.

1995- Japan cuts contact with America but still suffers economical upheaval and chaos spreads. Democracy is maintained but only at the expense of elections.

1996- The PSP hold another election, gaining 92% support.

1996- Britain continues space race by beginning construction of Kent, an orbiting space station.

1997- Russia, China and America reveal that there are no plans to match Britains achievement within the next ten years.

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Hehe, the British Empire that really did span the globe, and we all played colonial rulers.

[RpgGamer]

You've certainly thoguht this out, haven't you?

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Haha

http://amapciv.webs.com/worldhistory.htm

Currently goes to 2025 and takes about 3 hours to read.

[The Dark Lord]

Here is a possible alternative history map:

 

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Red = German Empire

Light Blue = Japanese Empire

Yellow = China

Raspberry = Russian Empire

Dark Blue = British Empire

Green = Portuguese Empire

Brown = Spanish Empire

Orange = Ottoman Empire

White = Free State

 

Basically, people would choose a faction and the empires will be hegemonies. You pick which colony that you'd prefer and play as it. You can rebel if you wish, but it can cause other members of the faction to quash your rebellion. If your section gets conquered, you simply switch factions.

 

Warfare and stuff would be run the same way the old Hegemony was. The year would be something like early 20th century - present. World War I did not happen due to the assassination attempt on Ferdinand failing. The British Empire allied itself with the Triple Alliance rather than the Entrente. With Germany conquering Britain's biggest adversary at the time, France, World War II never happened. The Tories and Liberals are at the forefront of British politics, and the American Revolution never happened because the British government granted all of its colonies their own parliaments. Britain conquered the remainder of French territory in North America, which was annexed into America (the Thirteen Colonies).

 

Also, two days could equal one year. This should definitely make the game last longer and keep it from becoming futuristic.